Golf course future
still unsettled

It is not exactly an orphan, but the Wake Forest Golf Club still has not found a sugar daddy, someone who wants to purchase it for between $2 and $3 million.
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Siena Office Park
slips through easily

The Siena Office Park plan which caused a lot of heartburn and dissension two months ago was recommended unanimously by the Wake Forest Planning Board Tuesday night.
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Benefit concert
Saturday night

The Wake Forest United Methodist Church will sponsor a benefit concert Saturday, March 8, beginning at 7 p.m. The program of sacred and secular music will feature the new Schimmel eight-foot, four-inch concert grand piano played by Allen Bailey. The church choirs will also sing and play. There is no admission charge, but an offering will be received.

Mayor’s report
about water

The City of Raleigh and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are working to stretch the water supply for the city and the six town that depend on Falls Lake for water, Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones reported Tuesday night during the town board’s work session.
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Studios plan
special events

Studios and shops in Wake Forest’s historic downtown will be open Friday evening, March 14, for the monthly Art After Hours.
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Town selling out of
rain barrels

The Town of Wake Forest has sold all of the 300 rain barrels it originally ordered and has placed an order for another 200.
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Where is the Harricane?

Keith will explore that state of mind on March 16
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Slam Jam Youth
3-on-3 tourney

The second Slam Jam Youth 3-on-3 Youth Basketball Tournament will be held Saturday, May 31. It will begin at 11 a.m., but the exact site has not yet been set.
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Telephone book
recycling starts

The bins are open and there is no waiting to recycle those 2007 and older telephone books.
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Spring completes environmental education course

Holly Spring, an assistant town engineer, has fulfilled all the requirements for the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources Environment Education Certification Program.
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Help the town celebrate at its annual tree party

There is still a lot of forest in Wake Forest, and each year the town celebrates its trees and the people who protect them with an Arbor Day event.
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Help a child learn to dig

he Friends of Wake Forest Library are planning a gardening program this spring, one for adults who want to help children learn to garden. Local Master Gardeners will discuss projects and programs designed to interest children in gardening.
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Auction items needed

Popular auctioneer Jay Hoy will have the microphone during the live auction portion of the March Madness Reverse Raffle and Auction, but he needs items to offer and there will always be space on the tables for items and services in the silent auction.
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WakeForestTimes.com

The Wake Forest Gazette and the WakeForestTimes.com, a new web-based information source for the Wake Forest area, have agreed to a mutually beneficial association. You will soon find a link to the WakeForestTimes.com site on the Gazette and there is a link to the Gazette on WakeForestTimes.com. Editor Carol Pelosi will be writing for WakeForestTimes.com and in return, in the future, will have support for the Gazette web site. There will also be opportunities for advertising on both.

How to advertise

You can now advertise your business or service in The Wake Forest Gazette at a reasonable cost. A rotating banner at the top of each page costs $75 a month. To begin advertising, call Editor Carol Pelosi at 556-3409 or send her a note at cwpelosi@aol.com.

The Growth Rate

This is an incomplete list but gives readers a taste of the residential building underway in town, which had a population of about 5,700 in 1990. The town’s planning department estimated there were over 25,000 residents in mid-2007. You can calculate 2.6 residents for each dwelling unit. The town has approved 6,592 homes that remain to be built, including these below.
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Board wants more
water conservation

After Mayor Vivian Jones gave the commissioners an update about the drought and water situation at the close of the Tuesday night work session, they began discussing what the town can do as the current emergency deepens.
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Board to look at
capital costs

Tomorrow night, Thursday, March 6, the Wake Forest Town Board will tackle the draft Capital Improvement Plan that totals $25.5 million.
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Housing starts
slow to a trickle

The continuing drought – Wake County remains in the most desperate drought category of exceptional – and the Stage 2 water restrictions required of everyone using Raleigh city water have almost cut off the tap for new home starts in Wake Forest.
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Lennox to speak
on ‘New Atheism’

Dr. John Lennox, a world-renowned speaker and expert on the relationship between faith and science, will be on the campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary next week to deliver lectures on the topic of “The New Atheism.” The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Second economic
summit March 7

Wake Forest’s second economic development forum will be held at The Forks Cafeteria Friday, March 7, from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
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Free Pre-GED/GED
classes offered

If you or someone you know dropped out of school early and wants to earn a GED diploma to get a better job, you or they need to know about the offer of free classes being offered this spring.
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Mayor chosen as vice-chair

Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones was recently elected the vice-chairman of the Transportation Advisory Committee of CAMPO, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization.
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One-stop voting site
added for primary

The North Carolina and the Wake County boards of election anticipate there will be a heavy voter turnout for the May 6 primary.
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Volunteers needed
for Autumn Arts

We are just ready to swing into spring, but we also need to plan for this fall and the Autumn Arts Festival in October.
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Road Roundup

Some orange and white barricades, a backhoe and a portable toilet signal the Barnhill Contracting will soon begin work on the final leg of the N.C. 98 bypass.

          That leg will extend from Retail Drive to Thompson Mill Road, and there will also be several changes to existing roads on the western end. Those changes include rerouting the northern end of Falls of the Neuse Road and abandoning a part of the existing N.C. 98.
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How to get a notice

If you are reading The Wake Forest Gazette but do not always remember to find it each week, let Editor Carol Pelosi send you a notice on Wednesday evenings that the newest edition is online.

Just send her an e-mail at cwpelosi@aol.com and she will add your name and e-mail address to her notification list. The messages are sent as blind copies to respect your privacy.

We welcome . . .

The Wake Forest Gazette welcomes and encourages readers to send us letters about local issues and announcements about local events including, but certainly not limited to, church bazaars, fund-raising events by local groups, plays, sports, or dinners.

The Gazette wants to be where you learn about what is happening in the Wake Forest community.